Microsoft releases Open-source code

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cmoibenlepro
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Microsoft releases Open-source code

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Microsoft releases Open-source code

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4528
Microsoft’s decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context.

After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware’s bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers under GPL2 this week
Are these 3 device drivers useful for ReactOS? I did not find any more details elsewhere, but maybe this code is used for anything else than hyperV ?
How knows, maybe it includes underlying stuff behind the hyperV not useful for Linux but that could be useful for Reactos kernel?? :?:
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They're Linux kernel drivers. By definition they're almost completely useless to us.
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Really?
Why would Microsoft ever develop linux drivers? That doesn't make any sense.
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They're to get Linux to run better on Hyper-V.
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